How to tend a Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Also known as: Asclepias fruticosa L., Asclepias salicifolia Salisb.
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Water thoroughly after soil surface dries
Sunlight
Like sunshine, slight shade tolerance
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Fertilize onec to twice monthly in autumn and winter
Pruning
Remove withered flowers, diseased and yellowing leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Africa
- Category
- Asclepiadaceae, Gomphocarpus
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height ⥠20 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period October-March
- Flower colors
- white to light yellow, fruit color yellow green
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